STOLEN Chapter 5-9

Zakri
eyed all the creatures around him. None of them resembles a human except for
the doctors and nurses attending most of the other creatures.

"Come,
I'll explain to you where you are." said Ehab. He gestured for Zakri to
follow him outside.

The
door slides open and both of them walked into a pristine black marble sidewalk
shade by a large . More creatures sat around the outer walls. Some were talking
to another others just kept to themselves. The air had a whiff of jasmine and
vanilla. Zakri squint from the brightness but felt no prickling pain as he did
when he was in the City and it wasn't hot or humid.

The
road was empty save for the occasional buzz of blue colored object that pass
by. A large object, white as the walls itself, shaped like a huge coffin lands
in front of the small roundabout in front of the hospital. Jets of smokes
pushed the ground, slowing the object down until it lands with a hiss. Blue
lines emerge from the object. The lines create a large rectangle shape on the side
of the object and from it came a large burly human shaped man wearing the same
clothes as the nurses pulling out what Zakri thought was a stretcher only it
floats on itself. Another man, a doctor, much like Ehab follows the floating
stretcher as it moves towards the entrance door.

He
stopped in front of Ehab and smiled before walking past him. Ehab replaced his
glasses and gave a faint smile.

"Who's
that?" said Zakri. He glared at the man and the floating stretcher before
it disappears into the hospital.

"Someone
unimportant" said Ehab. He walked along the sideways, walking past waiting
creatures along the walls. They walked into a large garden, lush with
vegetation and flowers adorning the edges where building meets with dirt. Ehab
picked an empty space, a bench bend around a circular table. He sat and
gestured for Zakri to do the same.

Zakri
took a seat and looked around him. More fantastical creatures walks idly around
him. Some spoke with their attending nurse, others amongst each others. He eyed
a group of Unicorns talking with joy at a group of Orcs. Both group members
wore bandages around either their neck or their body."This is not..."
he said. "...my world..."

Ehab
smiled, funny he finds the realization Zakri told him. "No, this is not
your world, Zakri. But this is somewhere close." he said. He placed the
clipboard on the table revealing Zakri's photo along with a chart showing his
physical condition. He leaned forward, clasping his hands together and placing
them on the table. The mumbles around them took center stage as both said
nothing.

"This
world, is a hidden world." said Ehab, breaking the silence. "It is a
world robbed from the human senses long before time itself was created."
He turned towards the creatures around him, enjoying the mysterious sound of
his words.

Zakri
looked to him. "What do you mean?" he said.

Ehab
smiled. "What I mean is, Mister Zakri. This world you're living in right
now..."